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Zolfo, Fla. My attention was first called to it in 1892-3. 

 * * * The fruit attracted my attention and I decided that 

 it had distinctive merit of its own, hence I brought bud- 

 wood from the tree with me to Clearwater in the spring of 

 1895." 



Duncan. Form oblate ; size 33-8x4 1-8 inches, 4 1-2 x 

 514 inches or larger; color light yellow; stem large; calyx 

 segments broad, blunt; apex slightly scarred; rind me- 

 dium thick, firm; oil cells large, sunken; sections four- 

 teen; flesh light grayish green; juice sacks closely packed, 

 large; bitterness well marked; acidity and sweetness 

 good; core % inch across, somewhat open; seeds five or 

 more, large, plump, blunt, not winged ; season late. 



A fruit of excellent quality originated by A. L. Dun- 

 can, Dunedin, Fla., and cannot be too highly recom- 

 mended for general planting. 



Excelsior. (Excelsior Late) . Form oblate ; size 4 x 

 43-4 inches; color lemon 3 r elloAv; rind very slightly pitted; 

 oil cells large, slightly sunken; sections thirteen, large, 

 irregular ; flesh light grayish ; bitter principle well marked ; 

 acidity normal; quality good; seeds thirty-one, wedge- 

 shaped, large, plump ; season late. 



"This particular fruit, one of a number of old seed- 

 lings, was brought to the notice of the manager of the Lake- 

 land Nursery Co. in 1886 or '87. He propagated about 

 one hundred trees. In the year 1890 my personal attention 

 was called to the desirability, quality and especially the 

 bearing capacity, and after repeated demands for the 

 variety, I propagated it for the first time in my nurseries 

 located at Fort Meade in 1891." C. M. Marsh in a letter 

 to the author, dated June 5, 1903. 



Hall. (Silver Cluster.) (Hall's) Klemm's Silver 

 Cluster. ) Form oblate ; size 41-8x4 5-8 inches, or larger ; 

 stem large; color light yellow, but slightly darker than 



